ingalls lake trailhead, do I need a forest pass?

[keenwesh]

sorry for such a noobish question but the forest service website is confusing as hell. My forest service pass just expired today and I'm leaving next week for MT, do not plan on being back in WA for at least a year. going to go in and try the w ridge of stuart with my little brother before leaving.

 

Do I need a NW forest pass to park at the ingalls lake trailhead? thanks team!

[genepires]

claim ignorance and ask forgiveness afterwards if caught.

 

or buy a day pass.

 

I "think" you need one.

Edited August 2, 2012 by genepires

[rob]

I got a ticket at that trailhead for not having one.

[keenwesh]

I got a ticket at that trailhead for not having one.

 

lame, on the FS website it says a pass is required at ingalls creek trailhead, but says nothing about ingalls lake TH... I'm still not sure if they're one and the same. anyway I'll have to get a pass. thanks guys.

[rob]

Hmm, maybe Im the one who confused the two. I got a ticket at the TH everyone uses to access ingalls from the south. Is that ingalls lake, or creek?

[Good2Go]

Ingalls Creek trailhead is off Hwy 97 on the N side of Blewett. "Ingalls Lake" trailhead is in the Esmeralda Basin, at the end of the Teanaway Road (and is the usual access point for the W Ridge of Stu). You can park a few hundred yards before the lot at the end of the road in a pullout w/out a pass. Just make sure you park before the Forest Pass signs.